When the unexpected happens: intracardiac ECMO venous cannula
kinking.
Alessandra Mayer MD1, Francesco Macchini MD,
PhD2, Genny Raffaeli MD1, Stefano
Ghirardello MD1, Federico Schena
MD1, Ilaria Amodeo MD1, Lucia Mauri
MD3, Chiara Baracetti RN1, Valeria
Parente CCP1,4, Cristina Carro MD5,
Fabio Mosca MD1,6, Giacomo Cavallaro MD,
PhD1.
1Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore
Policlinico, NICU, Milan, Italy.
2Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore
Policlinico, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Milan, Italy.
3Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore
Policlinico, Cardiology Department, Milan, Italy
4Betamed Perfusion Service, Rome, Italy.
5GOM-Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Division
of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Milan, Italy.
6Università degli Studi di Milano, Department of
Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Milan, Italy.
Keywords: ECMO, Cannula Problems, Intracardiac Kinking,
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia.
Running title: Intracardiac Cannula kinking
*Corresponding Author: Giacomo Cavallaro, M.D., Ph.D.,
Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico. Via Della
Commenda 12, 20122, Milano, Italy.